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    The Kite Runner – Relationships Essay How are relationships portrayed in The Kite Runner? The theme of relationships runs throughout the novel‚ the four main relationships being Baba and Amir‚ Amir and Hassan‚ Amir and Sohrab and Baba and Hassan. Some relationships are parallel to each other and are reflective in many different chapters throughout the novel. The father and son relationship between Baba and Amir is problematic from the start as Amir feels he is blamed in some way for his mother’s

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    The Idea of Returning Home in Rush Home Road and Kite Runner “A moment lasts all of a second‚ but the memory lives on forever.” (Author Unknown‚ Thinkexist.com) This quote means that you have many moments in life that are simply just to take up time and carry one throughout the years but memories are much more important and stay in one’s head forever with no time limit. This quote is significant to the two novels Rush Home Road and Kite Runner because each protagonist has a past that they

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    Runner‚ the concept of achieving justice at a price is further epitomized when faced with the instances of Amir trying to achieve justice for Sohrab; with him sacrificing his career‚ his family and his comfortable life in America. Fuelled by his own regret at his failure to acquire justice for Hassan‚ Amir seeks to achieve justice for Hassan’s son‚ Sohrab‚ by trying to get him away from the war-affected Afghanistan and to give him a good life. In doing so‚ he undergoes a terrible ordeal‚ venturing

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    course of a whole lifetime”. The raping event that happened during Amir’s childhood affects his actions even during his adulthood. After the rape event‚ Amir feels guilt and that guilt made him go on the road of redemption. The actions of Amir saving Sohrab were driven by this guilt from the past. Those actions were not done by a man with “no conscience‚ no goodness” but a man trying to find “a way to be good again”. During the fight with Assef‚ Amir laughs and is happy because he feels that the pain

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    Windows to the Soul Throughout the novel The Kite Runner‚ Khaled Hosseini gives the reader a clear insight into the character of Hassan. One instance in which Hosseini does this in the description of Hassan’s eyes‚ “eyes that looked‚ depending on the light‚ gold‚ green‚ even sapphire” (3). Each color represents Hassan in a different way‚ gold for wealth (Parker)‚ green for his Islamic faith (Fauzan) and rebirth‚ and blue - sapphire is a shade of deep blue - for trust and loyalty (Parker). The color

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    wish the movie should have had the attempted suicide scene‚ which I feel was one of the most important parts because it shows how bad things were for Sohrab to the point he wanted to die. I feel like the book was way better than the movie because the book has more details and more emotion. One of the most important parts of the book was when Sohrab tried to commit suicide and

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    historical and political events that occur during his life. Consider Sohrab‚ the only character of his generation; how is he different from the other characters and how are these differences a function of what he has experienced? Consider the idea of a homeland or "watan." How do you think the novel defines a homeland? Make sure to consider the opinions of Farid and Assef. Also‚ consider this question in terms of Amir and Sohrab‚ two characters who leave Afghanistan when they are still growing up

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    A soldier in war knows he could die at any moment‚ but remains on the battlefield to protect that which is dearest to him. It takes a special kind of person to do this. When faced with adversity‚ there are a select few who can push it aside for the greater good. These are the people worth writing about. In Khaled Hosseini’s‚ The Kite Runner‚ the main character‚ Amir‚ learns the true meaning of loyalty and friendship by risking his own life to save another‚ thus proving that one does not know

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    Michelle David Read015 Sm06 Dr. Weiss 9 July 2006 Amir jan The character I feel is most important is Amir. Amir is the narrator of the story‚ a story that details his childhood and continues through his lifetime. He recalls the tragic events of 1975‚ in which he commits terrible sins against his friend and half brother‚ Hassan. Amir tells us that he is what he is today because of his sin at the age of twelve. His childhood is one that he struggles with everyday. It is in that sin that

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    course‚ time. But Sohrab wasn’t wounded. Both of his parents were killed in cold blood by the ruthless Taliban. He had to live in a poorly run orphanage with no one but himself to love. And yet‚ it couldn’t have possibly gotten any worse. But it did. He was abused day to day ever since he was taken by the sociopathic Taliban‚ Assef‚ and likely traumatized for the rest of his life. That is no wound. However‚ since accepting Soraya and I as his family‚ I believe we have helped Sohrab recover from his

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